[squirrellous]

I’m sure this has crossed someone’s mind but why isn’t this called zlibc? :-)

[lioeters]

I rather like "libz".

[bnolsen]

Not to be confused with zlib.

[kibibu]

Perhaps to avoid confusion with zlib?

https://www.zlib.net/

[account42]

Well we also have glib and glibc.